Business destinations

An overview of business destinations in France and internationally, to help business travellers get to know the key business hubs - and in particular their business districts - but also emerging destinations who are making their mark on the business travel atlas (see more)

Reports, interviews, address books: get to the heart of your next destination to help you prepare for your business trip. Economy, hotels, bleisure, great addresses and little finds: an international business traveller's guide to making business trips more efficient, and more enjoyable...

Taipei - Information

Getting thereOnly Eva Air offers direct flights between Taipei and Paris CDG, three times a week. The flight...

London: address book

Identity card Currency: In August 2011, £1 = €1.14 Area code: +44 (United Kingdom); 20 (London) Display London Practical Guide on a...

Olympic Games - East London in the starting blocks

The legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games will be a totally transformed East London, with one of the largest urban regeneration schemes ever undertaken.

Hotels - Openings à l'Anglaise

Luxury, design or business establishments: taking advantage of the forthcoming Olympic Games, openings are taking place at a frenetic pace in the British capital, which offers an unprecedented choice and diversity to match its cosmopolitan nature.

Stockholm - Norrmalm

Activity, design and creativity: Norrmalm expresses the spirit of the Swedish capital, its taste for innovation and its sense of history. Dive into the heart of "Scandinavian model".

Meet Melker Andersson, co-founder and chairman of the F12 Group

With almost a dozen top-flight addresses in Stockholm, the F12 group is a major player on the local gastronomic scene.

Stockholm - Restaurants

OperakällarenThe main room of the opera restaurant is without doubt the most spectacular in town in the "classic" genre....

Stockholm - Hotels

Radisson Blu WaterfrontA brand new, beautiful hotel: this contemporary business hotel with 414 rooms and suites has opened its doors to the public in...

Bangkok - Practical info

Identity card
Formalities : valid passport.
Area code : +66 (Thailand) - 02 (Bangkok)
Time difference : + 5h in summer, ` 6h in winter
Currency : in May 2011, 43.2 baht (SGD) = €1.

Singapore - The spirit of the place

Jaelle Ang is a talented young architect who divides her time between her native Singapore and Bankok, where she is currently overseeing the construction of a new luxury hotel belonging to the Capella group, due to open at the end of 2013.

Giovanni Viterale, Managing Director of the Fullerton Heritage Group

The Fullerton Hotel was already a symbol of Singapore. Why was it so important to open a second Fullerton hotel? Giovanni Viterale - Fullerton Heritage...

Singapore - The city-state, a new Eldorado

Since the tremendous rebound of 2010, the rush to Singapore has been on. Expatriates and investors are flocking to this strategic financial and industrial centre. And, increasingly, for tourism.

Paris Rive Gauche - Travelling through a business district in the making

"Paris is a museum city For those few Parisians who are still convinced, we recommend a trip to the east of the capital, to the thirteenth arrondissement.

Chicago: address book

Identity card Area code: +1 (United States) 312 (Chicago) Time difference: - 7 hours Getting there United AirLines The American carrier, headquartered in Chicago,...

Culture - Major art on the banks of the Michigan

A long weekend in Chicago? With its world-renowned museums and theatres, the world's greatest architects and a plethora of festivals, Chicago is a must for art lovers...

Chicago - The spirit of the place

Frank Brunacci is the chef at Sixteen, the Michelin-starred restaurant at the Trump International Hotel & Tower and one of the most highly-rated in Chicago. After several stints in renowned establishments in London and Australia, he worked for the Ritz-Carlton in Atlanta and New Orleans before falling in love with the Illinois metropolis.

Interview : Laurent Auguste Managing Director, North America, Veolia Water

"We were very well received by the municipality".

Business - The quintessential American

The third largest city in the United States has weathered the recent crisis better than most. Its secret: incredible economic diversity and, above all, pride in being an American metropolis with its feet firmly planted in everyday reality.

Interview with Catherine Beylau, Director of Development at Société d'économie...

What were the guiding principles behind the development of "Paris Rive Gauche"? Catherine Beylau - The idea was to add contemporary districts to the inner city of Paris. It wasn't...

Paris Rive Gauche - Shopping

ShoppingLong lacking in shops, Paris Rive Gauche is starting to develop in earnest and pioneers like Truffaut garden centres no longer feel isolated....